He Started by Fueling the Choppers. Now He Owns the Heli-Skiing Op.
Meet Alex Kittrell, Sun Valley Heli Ski's new owner who might also be your guide.
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Don’t Choose Between Luxury and Adventure at This Heli Lodge
Eleven's newly renovated Revelstoke Lodge offers a unique and luxe lodging experience that complements the incredible heliskiing on tap.
11 Editor-Recommended Bucket List Trips for Skiers
From the fjords of Norway to the sidelines of the Bird of Prey, our editors and contributors weigh on which trips rise to bucket-list status—and why.
Silverton’s New Owners To Keep Soul Intact, With a Few Choice Upgrades
For over two decades, Silverton’s mantra has been no frills-all thrills. The new owners promise to maintain the soul, with maybe a few more frills in the future.
5 Remote, Mind-Blowing Ski Trips For the Ages
Gift your favorite skier—or yourself—one of these memory-makers that’s sure to bring more joy than anything under the tree.
Teenage Dreams Come True on the Heli Trip of a Lifetime
The case for taking that bucket-list trip with your teens while they still want to ski with you (and you can still keep up).
5 Crazy Cool and Expensive Heli-Skiing Adventures That Are Probably Worth Every Penny
If I win the lottery, you’ll know where to find me: soaking in the superyacht hot tub after a day of heli drops.
Extreme Skier Dean Cummings Found Not Guilty in Murder Trial
A New Mexico jury acquitted Cummings for the 2020 killing of 47-year-old Guillermo Arriola
Backcountry Skiing in August? ‘Tis the Season in South America
These backcountry ski guiding operations will lead you to the goods in South America.
CMH Heli-Skiing Terrain Now One-Third the Size of Switzerland Thanks to Newest Acquisition
With the purchase of Purcell Heli Skiing, CMH’s overall heli-skiing tenure now comprises 3 million acres in B.C.
Can a Non-Skier Appreciate Heli Skiing? I Took My Mom to CMH to Find Out
If you want to share the thrill of helicopters and high alpine adventures with your non-ski friends, try heli hiking with CMH.
Don’t Tell My Bucket List, But I’m Too Scared to Ski Alaska
Long heralded as skiing’s proving ground, Alaska kind of definitely intimidates me.
Here’s Proof You Don’t Have to Go to Alaska to Heli Ski This Season
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Sole Survivor in Serious Condition After Helicopter Crash in Alaska Kills 5
The chartered aircraft was conducting a heli-ski operation in the Chugach Mountains near Knik Glacier
Tsaina Reborn: Valdez Heli Ski Guides Expands Terrain Options
A new owner, newly-permitted terrain, and continued lodge upgrades mean the AK Heli operation founded by Doug Coombs keeps getting better.
2021 Editors' Choice: Telluride Helitrax
Telluride's backcountry terrain is legendary. Book a heli-ski day to see what all the fuss is about.
Precious Turns
You are never too old to shred. 96-year-old Guinness World Record holder Gordon Precious is the living proof.
Legend of the Fall Line
Mike Wiegele Heli-Skiing celebrates half a century of classic powder skiing and making dreams come true in the mountains of British Columbia.
Ski.com’s Epic Dream Job Stop 5 – Courchevel, France
Jackson Lebsack's final European stop was in the heart of the French Alps.
Cariboos Magic
It’s not all insane terrain at the CMH Cariboos Lodge, but it can be.
From One to Eleven
Cruise the legendary groomers of Val d'Isère boot-pack to Tignes across glaciers and powder fields, heli-ski under the iconic shadow of Mont Blanc, or do all three. At Eleven Experience's Chalet Pelerin, you don't have to choose.
Taking Flight
The backcountry terrain near Rusutsu is especially inviting when a helicopter is involved.
Silverton Mountain Guides' Alaska Heli Operation is Now Open for the Season
With massive series of winter storms dumping 12 feet of snow this past week, the heli-ski season in Alaska is now open.
The Show Must Go On: Mike Wiegele
Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing has been featured in countless WME films over the years, and Mike himself also skied for Warren’s camera back in the day.
The Show Must Go On: Anna Segal
When the Aussie native and former slopestyle Olympian was invited to join the WME crew in Iceland to shoot for this year’s film, she ditched her day job and hopped on a plane.
Near and Far
North Cascade Heli ventures deep into the remote cascades for some of the Pacific Northwest's most exciting terrain.
Early Bird Special: The Unguided Pass at Silverton Mountain
Check out the current unbeatable deals for unreal skiing at Colorado’s hidden treasure destination, plus free days at core ski areas all over the USA.
Fear and Loving In Alaska
A first-time heli skier takes to the air. Verdict: She'll be back.
Silverton Mountain Heli-Skiing Terrain Could Be in For a Change
Some are concerned about a controversial project to diversify heli-skiing terrain around Silverton Mountain. By Leslie Hittmeier
All in the Heli Family
On sustaining 50 years of business off heli drops and pillow pops.
Powder Day: Powder Highway
We find ourselves slashing fast arcs through sun-splashed powder in a ghost forest of charred spruces. That's how we start our Powder Highway mission.
Untracked Line: Bella Coola
One of B.C.’s most accessible heli ops lords over a white wilderness half the size of New Jersey.
Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing
On heli skiing and the existence of unicorns in British Columbia.
Powder Day: Homepage
A celebration of stoke.
How to Heli Ski: From the Pros at CMH
You don’t have to rip to heliski. In fact, for intermediates and up who struggle with powder, the untracked wilds are the best place to learn.
Why You Should Drop $999 For One Day of Skiing
The only thing better than Silverton? Seven of them. The legendary lift-accessed backcountry op has offered heli-skiing for two years now, and for $999, you get a hell of a lot more terrain than the guys using the lift.
Sun Valley Heli Skiing
How to Properly Spend $1,100 in Idaho.
Heli-Skiing You Can Actually Afford
Colorado’s Silverton Mountain offers heli drops from $150
Inside Line: Silverton, CO
It has just one lift. So technically, it's a ski resort. But that's where the similarities end.
Heli-Ski for $340
HELI-SKI PANORAMA'S BACKCOUNTRY FROM ONLY $340. RK Heliski Now Offering Spring Seat Sale
Mica Heliskiing uses new Avalanche Equipment
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Extreme Ski Tours
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2007-08 Shovels
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2007-08 Packs
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Guide to Heliskiing Operators
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Editors On The Move: Marc Peruzzi
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Cat-Scratch Fever
Fall Line
Day-Glo for Vertigo
Private Lessons
Sun Valley Heli-Ski, ID
Untracked Line
Hey Heard About My Next Trip?
Fall Line
Mica Heli Guides, B.C.
Untracked Line
Big Screen Blower
Adventure
Inside Line: Panorama Village, B.C.
Inside Line
The Inside Line: Panorama Mtn. B.C.
Inside Line
The Gods Must be A-Stars
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Cool Hand Hans
Face Shots
Ruby Mountain Heli, NV
Untracked Line
Instant Adventures
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Come Fly With Me, Eh?
Cold Front
Instant Adventures: Seattle Information
Travel Pacific
By the Numbers: September 2002
By the numbers
Youngbloods: Steve 'Speedy' Day
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Youngbloods: Doug Coombs
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Editors on the Move: Sam Bass
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